肺炎链球菌红霉素相关耐药基因与耐药表型的关系

目的:了解肺炎链球菌(Streptococcuspneum oniae,SP)临床分离株红霉素耐药基因的流行状况及和耐药表型的关系。方法:对住院儿童分离到的43株肺炎链球菌进行红霉素药敏试验,并用PCR法检测与红霉素耐药相关的红霉素核糖体甲基化酶基因(ermB)、主动外排转运基因(mefA)。结果:43株肺炎链球菌红霉素药敏试验40株耐药(占93%),3株敏感。红霉素ermB基因总检出率为76.7%(33/43),mefA基因总检出率为23.3%(10/43)。3株红霉素敏感的肺炎链球菌均未检出ermB基因和mefA基因;40株红霉素耐药肺炎链球菌ermB基因和mefA基因的PCR检出率分别为82.5%(33/40)和25%(10/40)。共有35株肺炎链球菌检出ermB基因或/和mefA基因,其中单独携带ermB基因的耐药表型为25株(占71.4%);单独携带mefA基因的耐药表型2株(占5.7%);同时携带ermB基因和mefA基因的耐药表型8株(占22.9)%。结论:ermB基因和mefA基因同时表达或单独表达均可导致红霉素耐药,ermB基因表达是儿童肺炎链球菌对红霉素耐药的主要原因,mefA基因表达是造成对红霉素耐药的次要原因。红霉素已不是治疗肺炎链球菌的有效药物。     

Prevalence and Mechanisms of Macrolide Resistance in Invasive and Noninvasive Group B Streptococcus Isolates from Ontario, Canada

Macrolide resistance has been demonstrated in group B streptococcus (GBS), but there is limited information regarding mechanisms of resistance and their prevalence. We determined these in GBS obtained from neonatal blood cultures and vaginal swabs from pregnant women. Of 178 isolates from cases of neonatal GBS sepsis collected from 1995 to 1998, 8 and 4.5% were resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin, respectively, and one isolate showed intermediate penicillin resistance (MIC, 0.25 microg/ml). Of 101 consecutive vaginal or rectal/vaginal isolates collected in 1999, 18 and 8% were resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin, respectively. Tetracycline resistance was high (>80%) among both groups of isolates. Of 32 erythromycin-resistant isolates, 28 possessed the erm methylase gene (7 ermB and 21 ermTR/ermA) and 4 harbored the mefA gene; one isolate harbored both genes. One isolate which was susceptible to erythromycin but resistant to clindamycin (MIC, 4 microg/ml) was found to have the linB gene, previously identified only in Enterococcus faecium. The mreA gene was found in all the erythromycin-resistant strains as well as in 10 erythromycin-susceptible strains. The rate of erythromycin resistance increased from 5% in 1995-96 to 13% in 1998-99, which coincided with an increase in macrolide usage during that time.     

肺炎链球菌对大环内酯类抗生素耐药情况及耐药基因研究

目的调查上海地区肺炎链球菌对红霉素的敏感度，研究肺炎链球菌对大环内酯类抗生素耐药机制。方法对中山医院57株临床分离肺炎链球菌进行红霉素药敏试验；应用聚合酶链反应（PCR）技术对上海4所医院中分离的53株红霉素耐药肺炎链球菌检测耐药基因（ermB，mefA，merE）。结果57株肺炎链球菌中12株（21．0％）敏感，3株（5．3％）中介，42株（73．7％）耐药。53株红霉素耐药肺炎链球菌中，ermB基因、mere基因、mefA基因分别在51株（96．2％）、22株（41．5％）和1株（1．9％）中检测到。其中21株（39．6％）同时检测到ermB基因和mefE基因，1株（1．9％）同时检测到ermB基因和mefA基因，1株（1．9％）未检测到ermB基因、mefE基因或mefA基因。结论上海地区肺炎链球菌对大环内酯类抗生素耐药率较高。ErmB介导的靶位改变是最常见的耐药机制，mef（特别是mefE）介导外排机制引起者也较常见。     

In vitro activity of the new ketolide telithromycin compared with those of macrolides against Streptococcus pyogenes: influences of resistance mechanisms and methodological factors

One hundred and seven clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes, 80 susceptible to macrolides and 27 resistant to erythromycin A (MIC >0.5 microgram/ml), were examined. The erythromycin A-lincomycin double-disk test assigned 7 resistant strains to the M-phenotype, 8 to the inducible macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B resistance (iMLS(B)) phenotype, and 12 to the constitutive MLS(B) resistance (cMLS(B)) phenotype. MICs of erythromycin A, clarithromycin, azithromycin, roxithromycin, and clindamycin were determined by a broth microdilution method. MICs of telithromycin were determined by three different methods (broth microdilution, agar dilution, and E-test methods) in an ambient air atmosphere and in a 5 to 6% CO(2) atmosphere. Erythromycin A resistance genes were investigated by PCR in the 27 erythromycin A-resistant isolates. MICs of erythromycin A and clindamycin showed six groups of resistant strains, groups A to F. iMLS(B) strains (A, B, and D groups) are characterized by two distinct patterns of resistance correlated with genotypic results. A- and B-group strains were moderately resistant to 14- and 15-membered ring macrolides and highly susceptible to telithromycin. All A- and B-group isolates harbored erm TR gene, D-group strains, highly resistant to macrolides and intermediately resistant to telithromycin (MICs, 1 to 16 microgram/ml), were all characterized by having the ermB gene. All M-phenotype isolates (C group), resistant to 14- and 15-membered ring macrolides and susceptible to clindamycin and telithromycin, harbored the mefA gene. All cMLS(B) strains (E and F groups) with high level of resistance to macrolides, lincosamide, and telithromycin had the ermB gene. The effect of 5 to 6% CO(2) was remarkable on resistant strains, by increasing MICs of telithromycin from 1 to 6 twofold dilutions against D-E- and F-group isolates.     

儿童鼻咽部肺炎链球菌携带株研究

目的了解武汉地区健康儿童肺炎链球菌带菌状况、耐药性、耐药基因及血清型流行情况。方法收集武汉地区2所幼儿园469名健康儿童的鼻咽拭子标本,分离鉴定肺炎链球菌,琼脂稀释法测定其对12种抗菌药物的MIC;PCR检测红霉素耐药基因ermB和mefA;“荚膜肿胀”试验进行血清学分型。结果469份鼻咽拭子标本共分离出116株肺炎链球菌,分离率为24.7%。存活的114株中,肺炎链球菌对青霉素的敏感率为51.8%(59/114),对红霉素的敏感率为13.2%(15/114)。99株红霉素耐药肺炎链球菌中,ermB基因总检出率为98.0%(97/99),其中30株(31.6%)同时具有ermB和mefA基因,2株红霉素低耐株仅检出mefA基因。血清分型涉及16个血清型、群,主要分布在19、23、6和14血清群。结论武汉地区肺炎链球菌耐药性高,多为多重耐药菌株,红霉素耐药基因主要为ermB,19、23、6血清群多重耐药株分布广泛。     

High prevalence of the ermB gene among erythromycin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Germany during the winter of 2000-2001 and in vitro activity of telithromycin

Of 595 isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from outpatients with respiratory tract infections, collected from 17 microbiology laboratories, 14.1% were resistant to erythromycin. Eighty-three erythromycin-resistant isolates were genetically analyzed, 83.1% of which harbored the ermB gene. Only four isolates (4.8%) harbored the mefA gene. Telithromycin exhibited potent activity against all isolates.     

High proportion of pharyngeal carriers of commensal streptococci resistant to erythromycin in Spanish adults

The presence of erythromycin-resistant (ErR) commensal streptococci in the throat of 110 healthy subjects and 87 patients with pharyngitis was investigated. The resistance determinants were studied by PCR using the primers for mef and erm genes, followed by hybridization and sequencing analysis. Overall, 94.4% of the subjects carried one or more ErR strains in their pharynx. A total of 253 ErR strains was studied: 127 (50.2%) showed constitutive or inducible resistance to clindamycin (MLS(B) phenotype) and 126 (49.8%) were susceptible to clindamycin (M phenotype). In 50 subjects (25.4%) both phenotypes were detected. The ermB gene was predominant among the MLS(B) phenotype strains (97.6%). The mefA (mefA/mefE) gene was detected in 100% of the strains with the M phenotype. One Streptococcus oralis strain bearing the MLS(B) phenotype carried both mefA and ermB genes. The mefA gene from clinical isolates of Streptococcus mitis and S. oralis was transferred by conjugation to an erythromycin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae strain.     

儿科临床分离肠球菌的耐药性监测及大环内酯类耐药机制研究

目的 研究儿科临床分离肠球菌的流行情况及红霉素耐药株基因ermB、mefA、tetM与转座子整合酶基因int-Tn分布特点.方法 采用KB纸片法对北京、上海、广州和重庆5家儿科专科医院2000-2006年临床分离粪、屎肠球菌进行8种抗菌药敏感性试验,并用琼脂稀释法测定225株红霉素耐药粪、屎肠球菌对大环内酯类及四环素最小抑菌浓度.PCR检测红霉素耐药基因ermB和mefA,四环素耐药基因tetM,以及转座子Tn1545的整合酶基因int-Tn.结果 4地5家儿童医院分离所得肠球菌对红霉素耐药率最高,平均耐药率86.5%;对氨苄西林、高浓度链霉素、高浓度庆大霉素、环丙沙星及利福平的耐药率分别为48.0%、47.6%、60.5%、45.4%、63.6%;未发现对万古霉素耐药的肠球菌.225株红霉素耐药粪、屎肠球菌ermB基因阳性率为70.7%,仅发现1株对mefA阳性的菌株.tetM基因阳性率为75.1%.Tn1545基因阳性株组ermB和tetM的携带率分别为84.8%和83.7%,高于阴性组60.9%和70.0%,且差异均有统计学意义(P均＜0.05).结论 我国儿科临床分离粪、屎肠球菌对多种抗菌药均有较高耐药率,对糖肽类抗菌药均保持较好敏感性,分离株对红霉素和四环素耐药主要机制分别是ermB编码的靶位改变和tetM编码的核糖体保护作用;接合性转座子Tn1545与tetM和ermB存在关系密切,可能是肠球菌多重耐药的重要机制之一.     

肺炎链球菌对抗菌药物的耐药性调查及对大环内酯类抗生素耐药机制研究

目的：调查成都地区肺炎链球菌对抗菌药物的敏感性，研究成都地区肺炎链球菌对大环内酯类抗生素耐药机制。方法：收集2001年9月-2002年9月成都地区临床分离的肺炎链球菌，测定其对13种抗菌药物的耐药性及对大环内酯类抗生素的耐药表型；用聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增耐药基因ermB和mefA，并对ermB和mefA进行基因序列分析。结果：82株肺炎链球菌中13株对青霉素低度耐药(占15．9％),肺炎链球菌对大环内酯类抗生素和克林霉素表现出较高的耐药率，对红霉素和克林霉素耐药率分别为80．5％(66／82)和68．3％(56／82)。耐大环内酯类肺炎链球菌中,96．4％菌株表现为内在型耐药。标准菌株ATCC49619及16株红霉素敏感菌株均未检测到ermB基因及mefA基因；ermB基因和；mefA基因分别在62和11株耐红霉素肺炎链球菌中检测到，其中7株菌同时检测到ermB基因和mefA基因。所测ermB和mefA基因序列与基因库收录序列高度一致。结论：成都地区临床分离的肺炎链球菌对青霉素耐药率较低，但对大环内酯类抗生素和克林霉素耐药却非常普遍。ermB基因介导的靶位改变是成都地区肺炎链球菌对大环内酯类抗生素的主要耐药机制。     

Emergence of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes strains in French children

We studied the antimicrobial susceptibility of 322 Streptococcus pyogenes throat isolates from French children and their serotype and genomic diversity. A total of 22.4% were erythromycin resistant, and 69.4, 4.2, and 26.4% of these isolates harbored ermB, ermA, and mefA, respectively. Increasing resistance in France is mainly associated with a few emm type 28 clones.     

2011年北京市朝阳区儿童A组溶血性链球菌的emm基因分型及耐药性分析

目的 了解2011年北京市朝阳区儿童感染A组溶血性链球菌(GAS)的emm基因分型及对红霉素和克林霉素的耐药情况及耐药基因谱的特点。 方法 从猩红热或咽峡炎及扁桃体炎儿童患者的咽拭子培养分离获得71株GAS,应用PCR扩增emm基因及红霉素耐药基因mefA、ermA、ermB和转座子基因Tn916;采用E-test法进行药敏试验并分析耐药情况。 结果 北京市朝阳区儿童感染GAS的emm12.0基因型占87.4%,其次为emm1.0型(9.8%)、emm22.0型(1.4%)、emm75.0型(1.4%);GAS对红霉素和克林霉素的耐药率为100%和95.8%,两种药物的交叉耐药率为95.8%;耐药基因ermA、ermB、mefA和转座子基因Tn916的携带率分别为5.6%、90.1%、4.2%和90.1%。 结论 北京市朝阳区2011年儿童感染GAS的主要流行株为emm12.0型,对红霉素普遍具有较高的耐药率且与克林霉素之间存在显著的交叉耐药;ermB基因是决定本地区2011年儿童感染GAS对红霉素耐药的重要基因;而Tn916转座子基因在GAS菌株间耐药基因扩散中起重要作用。     

某地区部分医院肺炎链球菌对红霉素的耐药性与基因分析

目的 了解某地区临床分离的肺炎链球菌(SPN)对红霉素的耐药基因流行情况及与耐药表型的关系.方法 采用微量琼脂稀释法,对2008年1月至2009年12月某地区部分医院临床分离到的98株SPN对红霉素的耐药状况进行分析,并用PCR法检测与红霉素耐药基因的关系.结果 98株SPN对红霉素的药敏结果显示,耐药87株,中敏2株,敏感9株;在红霉素耐药菌株中,含有ermB基因70株,含有Mef基因18株,含有ermA基因9株.9株红霉素敏感SPN均未检出ermB基因.结论 ermB基因表达是SPN对红霉素耐药的主要原因,并同时使克林霉素耐药.红霉素已不是治疗SPN的有效药物.     

Geographical and ecological analysis of resistance, coresistance, and coupled resistance to antimicrobials in respiratory pathogenic bacteria in Spain

A multicenter susceptibility surveillance (the S.A.U.C.E. project) including 2,721 Streptococcus pneumoniae, 3,174 Streptococcus pyogenes, and 2,645 Haemophilus influenzae consecutive isolates was carried out in 25 hospitals all over Spain from November 2001 to October 2002 to evaluate the current epidemiology of resistance of the main bacteria involved in community-acquired respiratory tract infections. Susceptibility testing was performed in a single centralized laboratory by a broth microdilution method. The prevalence of resistant S. pneumoniae strains was 0.4% for cefotaxime, 4.4% for amoxicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, 25.6% for cefuroxime-axetil, 34.5% for erythromycin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin, and 36.0% for cefaclor. Phenotypes of resistance to erythromycin were MLS(B) (macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B) in 89.9% (gene ermB) and M (macrolide) in 9.7% of cases (gene mefA). No strain harbored both genes simultaneously. Serotypes 19, 6, 23, 14, and 3 were the most prevalent, accounting for 54.6% of the total isolates. Resistance to macrolides seems to be the most alarming point, since among penicillin-susceptible isolates it reached 15.1% compared to 55.8% among penicillin-resistant strains. Geographically, a number of regions had rates of erythromycin resistance above 40% (even higher in children). Resistance to erythromycin was also high in S. pyogenes isolates: mean regional 33.2%, beta-lactamase-producing H. influenzae were 20%, whereas 4.4% had a beta-lactamase-negative, ampicillin-resistant phenotype. We highlight the importance of different geographical frequencies of coresistance (associations of resistance to different drugs within the same species) and coupled resistance (association of resistance between different species) probably resulting from different local coselective events.     

肺炎链球菌对大环内酯类抗生素耐药机制研究

目的了解肺炎链球菌对大环内酯类抗生素的耐药机制和转座子整合酶的流行情况。方法188株红霉素耐药肺炎链球菌，用E试验和K—B纸片扩散法检测其对11种抗菌药物的敏感性；用双纸片法（红霉素和克林霉素）确定其耐药表型；用PCR扩增这些菌株的耐药基因ermB、mefa、mefE、tetM及转座子整合酶基因intTn。结果188株红霉素耐药株中耐药基因ermB总检出率为91．5％（172／188），mefE总检出率为38．3％，未检出mefA基因。97．9Yoo的红霉素耐药株中存在转座子整合酶intTn。耐药基因组合ermB（＋）mefE（-）和ermB（＋）mef（＋），占91．5％，两者均呈cMLSB耐药表型。ermB（-）mefE（＋）占8．5％，耐药表型为M型。结论我院分离的肺炎链球菌大环内酯耐药以errnB介导的cMLS。耐药表型为主。转座子可能在本地区肺炎链球菌耐药基因的水平转移和克隆播散中起重要作用。     

High prevalence of inducible erythromycin resistance among Streptococcus bovis isolates in Taiwan.

Susceptibilities to 13 antimicrobial agents were determined by measurement of MICs for 60 isolates of Streptococcus bovis from blood cultures. Thirty-eight isolates (63.3%) had high-level resistance to erythromycin (MICs, >or=128 microg/ml). Among the 38 erythromycin-resistant strains, 21 isolates (55%) had inducible resistance to macrolides-lincosamides-streptogramin B (iMLS isolates) and 17 (45%) had constitutive resistance to macrolides-lincosamides-streptogramin B (cMLS isolates). Tetracycline resistance was also found among all of the erythromycin-resistant strains. None of the strains displayed resistance to penicillin, chloramphenicol, or vancomycin. Detection of erythromycin resistance genes by PCR and sequencing indicated that all 17 cMLS isolates were positive for the ermB gene and that 7 of 21 iMLS isolates carried the ermB gene and the remaining 14 iMLS isolates carried the ermT gene. Sequence analysis of amplified partial ermB fragments (594 bp) from S. bovis isolates revealed a 99.8% nucleotide identity and a 100% amino acid homology compared with the sequences from gene banks. The sequences of amplified fragments with primers targeted for ermC were shown to be very similar to that of ermGT (ermT) from Lactobacillus reuteri (98.5% nucleotide identity). This is the first report to describe the detection of the ermT class of erythromycin resistance determinants in S. bovis. The high rate of inducible erythromycin resistance among S. bovis isolates in Taiwan was not reported before. The iMLS S. bovis isolates were shown to be heterogeneous by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. These results indicate that the prevalence of inducible erythromycin resistance in S. bovis in Taiwan is very high and that most of the resistant strains carry the ermT or the ermB gene.     

Dominance of clonal complex 10 among the levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from bacteremic patients in a Korean hospital

Streptococcus agalactiae has emerged as an important cause of invasive infection in adults. Forty-nine S. agalactiae isolates (41 from adults and 8 from neonates) were collected during a 4-year period (2010–2013) and analyzed by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Antibiotic susceptibility to erythromycin, clindamycin and levofloxacin was determined and the determinants of resistance (ermA, ermB, ermC, mefA, lnuB) were detected by PCR and mutation in gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE gene was investigated by sequence analysis.They were resolved into 14 sequence types (STs) and belonged to five clonal complexes (CCs). The distribution of CC was significantly different according to the age group; CC1 (18/41) and CC10 (13/41) was the most common among the adult isolates but CC19 (5/8) was predominant among the neonatal isolates. The resistance rate to erythromycin, clindamycin was 18.4% and 24.5%, respectively. Among the 13 strains resistant to erythromycin and/or clindamycin, two isolates harbored ermA and 10 isolates harbored ermB. The levofloxacin resistance rate was very high (32.7%) and was significantly higher in CC10 (71.4%). All the levofloxacin-resistant isolates had identical gyrA substitution (Ser81Leu) but parC substitution was different according to the CCs. The additional mutation in parE (His221Tyr) was found only in CC19. Continuous monitoring of the fluoroquinolone resistance and genotypic distribution among S. agalactiae is needed.     

Macrolide resistance genes in Enterococcus spp

Seventy-eight isolates of different Enterococcus species (E. faecalis, n = 27; E. faecium, n = 23; E. durans, n = 8; E. avium, n = 6; E. hirae, n = 9; E. gallinarum, n = 3; and E. casseliflavus, n = 2) with a variety of erythromycin resistance phenotypes were examined for the presence of macrolide resistance genes (ermA, ermB, ermC, ermTR, mefA/E, and msrA). Positive PCR amplifications of ermB were obtained for 39 of 40 highly erythromycin-resistant Enterococcus isolates (MICs, >128 microg/ml) of different species; the remaining highly resistant E. faecium isolate was positive for PCR amplification of ermA but was negative for PCR amplification of the ermB and ermC genes. For all enterococcal strains for which erythromycin MICs were < or =32 microg/ml PCRs were negative for erm methylase genes. For all E. faecium isolates PCR amplified products of the expected size of 400 bp were obtained when msrA primers were used, with the results being independent of the erythromycin resistance phenotype. All the other enterococcal species gave negative results by msrA PCRs. Sequencing of the msrA PCR products from either erythromycin-susceptible, low-level-resistant, or highly resistant E. faecium strains showed that the amplicons did not correspond to the msrA gene described for Staphylococcus epidermidis but corresponded to a new putative efflux determinant, which showed 62% identity with the msrA gene at the DNA level and 72% similarity at the amino acid level. This new gene was named msrC.     

Molecular characteristics of serotype 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates among community-acquired pneumonia patients in Japan

In order to understand the spread of the erythromycin-resistant serotype 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae clone in Japan, we have assessed the molecular characteristics of this clone. Among 156 S. pneumoniae isolates recovered from adults with community-acquired pneumonia between 2003 and 2005, 42 were serotype 3 and 40 were sequence type (ST) 180/Netherlands(3)-31 by multilocus sequence typing. Thirty-eight of the 40 ST 180 isolates had acquired resistance to erythromycin via the ermB gene. Although the ermB-positive ST180 clone isolates were more susceptible to penicillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole than ermB-positive non-ST180 isolates and contained a less mutated pbp1a or pbp2b gene, without a mefA gene, the ST180 clone was highly prevalent among ermB-positive isolates. Routine surveillance for the ST180 S. pneumoniae clone may soon become necessary.     

Telithromycin susceptibility and genomic diversity of macrolide-resistant serotype III group B streptococci isolated in perinatal infections

We studied the telithromycin, erythromycin, azithromycin, and clindamycin susceptibilities of serotype III macrolide-resistant group B streptococci, together with genetic mechanisms of resistance and genomic diversity. ermB, ermA, and mefA were found in, respectively, 57, 32, and 9% of isolates. The telithromycin MIC at which 90% of isolates were inhibited was 0.5 micro g/ml. Macrolide resistance was associated with dissemination of resistance determinants among isolates of different genetic backgrounds.     

Genetic and phenotypic characterization of macrolide resistance in group A streptococci isolated from adults with pharyngo-tonsillitis in France

Three hundred and three strains of group A streptococci (GAS) isolated from adults with pharyngitis were tested to evaluate their phenotype of resistance to macrolides-lincosamides and to search for macrolide resistance genes. MICs of clarithromycin were determined. The overall rate of resistance to both erythromycin and clarithromycin was 9.6%. Constitutive, inducible and M phenotypes of resistance were detected in 4.3, 2 and 3.3% of strains, respectively. All constitutive phenotypes harboured ermB genes, whereas inducible phenotypes had the ermTR gene and M phenotypes had the mefA gene. In France, the current resistance rate of GAS to erythromycin and clarithromycin remains low.